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Jim Costa

Headshot b. 1952-04-13 , Fresno, CA
represents CA-20
Democrat,
Official website

Education: BS, Political Science, California State University, Fresno, 1974.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 0 (0.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $562,414 (#345)
Spent 49% (#370)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 48% (#285)
From PACs 51% (#172)

Earmarks

Requested 6 (#486)
Total cost $4,617,000 (#484)
Received 6 (#485)
Total cost $4,397,000 (#483)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 369 (#449)
Introduced 23 (#410)
Debated 3 (#381)
Enacted 1 (#333)

Speeches

Spoke 5 times (#256)
Avg. length 849 words (#254)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 25% left-wing (#286)
Predictable 95% (#177)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes)
National Association of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes)
AFL-CIO 100% (13/13 votes)
American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 85% (6/7 votes)
NAACP 85% (6/7 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes)
Public Citizen 70% (7/10 votes)
Friends Committee on National Legislation 40% (2/5 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 21% (3/14 votes)
National Retail Federation 20% (1/5 votes)
US Chamber of Commerce 16% (1/6 votes)

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Money data from the FEC. Politician information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia, and GovTrack. Earmark information from Taxpayers for Common Sense. Interest group alignment from MAPLight.org. Ideology and predictability from VoteView. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory. Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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Also known as: 400618 (GovTrack), N00026341 (OpenSecrets), C001059 (Congressional Bio), 20501 (ICPSR), 3577 (Vote Smart), H4CA20082 (FEC)